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Posted by Racer on June 25, 1999, at 1:15:30
On top of everything else, now I'm having an outbreak of shingles! How much worse can it get???
Please -- don't answer that one! This just seems like par for the course.
How many here believe in reincarnation?
Posted by Dr. Bob on June 26, 1999, at 10:00:40
In reply to Now what???, posted by Racer on June 25, 1999, at 1:15:30
> How many here believe in reincarnation?
Why do you ask? Hang in there,
Bob
Posted by mary on June 26, 1999, at 14:32:33
In reply to Now what???, posted by Racer on June 25, 1999, at 1:15:30
Good God, Racer!!! Will there ever be an end? Supposedly, yes. Does it take forever? Hopefully, not. I suppose there is no scentific connection between shingles and depresson other tahn stress(a guess on my part) but maybe when the shingles are finally relieved so will teh depression. For what it's worth, my heart goes out to you. I wish I could change it all for you. Maybe reincarnation is real and this is the good life. (Now that would really, pardon the expression, suck big time). Maybe all bad karma can happen at once with only good to follow.
Mary
> On top of everything else, now I'm having an outbreak of shingles! How much worse can it get???
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> Please -- don't answer that one! This just seems like par for the course.
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> How many here believe in reincarnation?
Posted by Annie on June 27, 1999, at 9:58:37
In reply to Now what???, posted by Racer on June 25, 1999, at 1:15:30
> How many here believe in reincarnation?
Hello Racer. I hope you are feeling better. Like Bob, I wasn't sure why you asked this question. Maybe it was rhetorical. If so, read no further.
I believe in reincarnation, and in some ways it has helped to keep me alive during the worst depressive bouts. I believe that I chose all the experiences I would have in this lifetime and depression is one of them. If I chose it, there must be a reason - something to learn from it. When I learn the lesson, maybe (hopefully) the depression will end. Once when I was thinking about suicide, I went to a talk given by Ram Dass. He questioned the purpose of suicide, saying when we die all the unresolved problems and puzzles come with us. All that is different is that we have no body to facilitate in the resolution of these problems. Not what I wanted to hear at that point, but effective to cause me to rethink my "solution". I've have always loved learning. Now I am learning about my depression. How it affects me. How it changes me or makes me stronger, or makes me weaker, or how it just is. I am reading a book right now about the Zen path through depression that is helping me maintain my focus on the learning, and not on the pain. I am sometimes not successful in my focus. :o)Based on the current climate of the board, I guess I am a candidate for flaming with this, admittedly 'out there' post, but hey, maybe I will learn something from the flamers. Be gentle friends. I am a seeker, but I am also a depressive. I don't always get to choose which facet of me will hear the words and interpret them.
Annie
Posted by Racer on June 27, 1999, at 19:55:39
In reply to Re: Reincarnation, posted by Annie on June 27, 1999, at 9:58:37
Hi, Annie,
When I wrote that, I was about at the end of my rope, in pain from the shingles, and feeling worse emotionally. Ready to think of suicide again. If reincarnation exists, I thought, do I want to try again?
Now I'm a little more morbid, but also more ironic. Yesterday, since the shingles affects my right leg, I broke my left foot. I guess it was feeling a little left out.
Please, don't anyone say I don't have any luck. I have tons of luck. It mostly seems to be bad lately, but I promise not to buy any lottery tickets this week.
Anyway, I read what you had to say, and wanted to jump in with a flame for you. You're obviously intelligent, articulate, thoughtful, and considerate. I hope someday you learn what the depression is teaching you, because I'll bet you'll pass it on to help others.
If anyone else flames you worse than that, let me know. I'll get a couple of bottles of peroxide, bleach my horse white, and ride to your rescue.
Thanks for your words.
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